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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 5, 40. Of Bishops Elafius and Eunius
After these events, Elafius, bishop of Châlons, sent on an embassy to Spain in the interests of Queen Brunhild, was attacked by a raging fever, and breathed his last;1 his body was brought home and interred in his own city. Bishop Eonius, envoy of the Bretons, as I have above narrated,2 was not suffered to return to his city, but by the king’s command was supported at the public expense in Angers. During a visit to Paris, he was celebrating the holy mysteries on a Sunday, when he emitted a cry, as it were a neighing, and fell to the ground. Blood flowed from his mouth and nostrils, and he was carried out in men’s hands, but he recovered. He was overmuch addicted to wine, and often was so grossly drunken that he could not stir a step.
Notes
- 19th August 580.
- Above, ch. 22 (29).